One for Fun Limited
Registered name: ONE FOR FUN LIMITED
Part of Merino Industries Ltd groupOne for Fun Limited made £19.5m revenue and £262k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
One for Fun Limited’s revenue was £19.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £262k profit and 73 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other games and toys,” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 49 yrs · since 1977
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “H Grossman Trading Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.9m | £31m | £19.5m |
| Cost of sales | £18.8m | £21.7m | £13.6m |
| Gross profit | £7.1m | £9.3m | £6m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £186k | £323k |
| Profit after tax | £823k | £152k | £262k |
| Profit (best available) | £823k | £152k | £262k |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £4.2m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 82 | 81 | 73 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.2% | 0.5% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 27.4% | 30% | 30.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £316k | £382k | £268k |
| Profit per employee | £10k | £1.9k | £3.6k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £329k | £184k | £297k |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £3.5m | £3.9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.7m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £13.3m | £11.5m | £10.4m |
| Debtors | £4.6m | £3.5m | £3m |
| Deferred income | £534k | £408k | £597k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £268k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.1%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now £3.9m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £297k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 73
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £597k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £2.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Merino Industries Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- One for Fun International Limited75–100%
- H Grossman Trading Limited75–100%
- One for Fun Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £262k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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